Wired to the Moon es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1984 por Magnet. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «Bombollini», «Touché d'Amour», «Shine, Shine, Shine» y «Wired to the Moon».
Sobre el álbum
Con el álbum Wired to the Moon, de 1984, Chris Rea continúa la exitosa senda de su anterior trabajo, profundizando en un sonido de pop-rock sofisticado con fuertes raíces en el blues. Este disco consolida la nueva identidad sonora que le había dado el éxito en Europa, con su voz grave, su elegante guitarra slide y una atmósfera a menudo melancólica. El título ("Conectado a la luna") ya sugiere esa cualidad nocturna y reflexiva.
La producción del álbum es impecable, con un sonido muy característico de los años 80, pero con una calidez y una organicidad que lo alejan del pop más sintético de la época. Las canciones tienen un equilibrio perfecto entre la accesibilidad del pop y la profundidad del blues.
El álbum contiene uno de sus temas más emblemáticos, "Josephine", una canción dedicada a su hija que se convertiría en un clásico de su repertorio. El sencillo "Stainsby Girls", un homenaje a su esposa, también tuvo una gran acogida, especialmente en el Reino Unido.
'Wired to the Moon' es una obra de una gran coherencia y calidad. Es el sonido de un artista que ha encontrado su voz y su camino, creando música personal y atemporal. Es un paso más en la consolidación de Chris Rea como uno de los grandes nombres del rock europeo.
Listado de Canciones
- Bombollini
Letra
Sing a song of love to me Sing out, sing out She's the one who made me free Sing out, sing out 'Cos she made me smile And she made me love Oh she made me laugh And she made me dance Bombo! Little pearl inside the shell Come out, come out From deep down in my wishing well Sing out, sing out 'Cos you made me smile And you made me love And you made me laugh And you made me dance Bombo! - Touché d'Amour
- Shine, Shine, Shine
Letra
And now the day is over And the shadows start to grow The sun has done us well today In flaming crimson he explodes And bursts of million colours That spill across the sky I turn and look at you love And I know the reason why Such a long time Like good wine Getting better every day Now you know, I'll never go So you'll always stay And our love will keep on shining Through the wind and the rain And when the day is over Our love will shine again And as the years fly over I'm feeling younger every day The love that you have given me Is more than I can say Shine, shine, shine - Wired to the Moon
Letra
Sleep tonight little girl Go right in through No-one can wake you now You're falling through your dreams Sliding down every beam 'Cos you don't know how Don't know how to hurt Don't know how to lie You just don't know how to do it You couldn't if you tried 'Cos you're wired to the moon You innocent light Will be shadows too soon Sleep little angel Stay wired to the moon Faraway in the night I saw my mother She was looking at you She said to me "My son Don't you wake that little girl Though I know you're wanting to 'Cos you're wanting to laugh And you're wanting to play Leave her in sweet dreams She may lose them one day Keep her wired to the moon" Like a girl I once knew She was once happy too Sleep little angel Stay wired to the moon - Reasons
Letra
Set my sails out on a sunny day Pretty soon I was on my way Though what for sure it was I could not say Two thousand reasons Maybe more Eight hundred chances on faraway shores Searching for something Searching for more Deep down inside me burning Reasons for the learning Now you can pick up reasons so easily Where you've been and where you've got to be And when the truth don't show you'll always see Lots of reasons And pretty soon you've got a heavy load Dragging those reasons down an endless road I got to thinking and I got to see So many reasons coming at me The one that leaves you high and dry He says you still owe him, there's a reason why He'll leave you crying till the tears run dry He's the one, always the one with all the reasons So many reasons the come and they go The reasons for them I'll never know I've seen so many, they've come and they've gone I've turned all mine in and I'm happy with one So don't talk of friendship, do it to me Make me an offer and make it for free Don't give me reasons 'cos I wrote that song I only want love now so I'll just take the one - I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It
- Ace of Hearts
Letra
Could this be true, could this be me? the one who kept himself so high and free. Caught up in the highest game of all and all my defences tumble and fall. And only the ace of hearts can save me now. (Ace of hearts). I wake in early hours and I call your name. And it's your face I see pressed up against my window pane. And suddenly I realise as the tears start to flow like rain from the sky only the ace of hearts can save my now. Ace of hearts, tell me what's this game you're playing. Ace of hearts, it's all down to you, yeah. I'm lost, lost like a child in a strange dream. but open your doors and pull me... pull me... pull me through... And I am flying like the wind in the dead of night. I flying so high, searching for them landing lights. I've never been this way before, but darling all I need your love more and more. Only the ace of hearts can save me now. I said only the ace of hearts can save me now. I said only the ace of hearts can save me now. (ooo, ace of hearts) (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace of hearts (ooo, ace of hearts) can save me now (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace hearts (ooo, ace of hearts) (ooo, ace of hearts) only the ace of hearts can save me now (ooo, ace of hearts) - Holding Out
Letra
I see you laughing up at me, and I can't hide What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you And when you turn it around In different ways The answers turn around and fly away I see you laughing up at me And I can't hide What it is that you can see I guess that's why I'm holding out my love for you A lifelong history Of trust in vain I lead the fools' parade Out in the rain I see you laughing up at me 'Cos you don't seem to care But oh how happy I can be When you are there That's why I'm holding out My love for you - Winning
Letra
So you say that you are tired And you wanna make a deal The way the see you turn Well that's not the way you feel Well I got news for you sunshine You may not understand You're living in a poker game And you've already shown your hand So if you can't stand up You'd better learn how to fall One thing is for certain Ain't no way out of here at all 'Cos we're winning Now we've ironed out the edges That your mother may have loved Or someone you may have wanted But you're now too way above 'Cos you're shining like a razor And we're all waiting just for you We took you up on what you said Now let's see what you can do And if you can't stand up You'd better learn how to fall One thing is for certain Ain't no way out of here at all 'Cos we're winning